Balkhash lake

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Balkash is a very special lake - one side of it is fresh and the other is salted. Some travel agencies, located on the shores offer traditional hunting with trained birds; fishing

[Google Translate:] Balkhash - Lake identity, in particular. The uniqueness of it is that one part of the lake is fresh, and the other salty. Now Balkhash attracted widespread interest finding was discovered helicopter. Flying over the isthmus that divides the lake into fresh and salt waters, they saw the outline of the protective walls, crowned with watch towers. There is yet another proof that 1000 years ago on the single is now the lake were two self-contained. Now on this isthmus of Balkhash could be overcome ford. Discovered at the bottom of the city was the center of the Silk Road in the legendary Sarah-Arco.
It is difficult and long evolved name of the lake. The Chinese called it Sea High. The Turks and the Mongols gave the lake the name of Ak-Dengiz. Dzhungars called him the Balkhash-holes. The Kazakhs were called Tengiz, which means "large lake".
The northern shore of Lake Balkhash, which come close to the spurs Kazakh hills, high and rocky, with traces of ancient terraces, the south - the low-lying, sandy, covered with dense thickets of reeds. By twisting the coast are numerous bays and coves. The largest island - Basaran and Tasaral. On the shore of the lake is a beautiful city of Balkhash.
Lake Balkhash, which runs from west to east for 600 kilometers - a unique place for recreation and tourism. Surface of a lake furrowed by sailing vessels, cutting the waves Canoe tireless rowers.

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